Sima Zhao (司馬昭) | 24 Histories

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Sima Zhao was a ruler.

PeriodThree Kingdoms and Six Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

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AD 255 to AD 265 AD 255-265
Directly stated · History of Song 482, passage 140

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 482Volume 482 Biographies 241, Hereditary Houses 5: Liu Jiyuan of the Northern Han Liu Family (Father: Liu Jun; Elder Brother: Liu Ji'en; Appended: Wei Rong, Zhao Wendu, Li Yun, Ma Feng, Guo Wuwei) · 1 passage

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及窮蹙始降，太宗待遇終保全之，嚐謂近臣曰：“晉司馬昭以劉禪思蜀之對，戲之雲‘何乃似卻正之言’，此不仁之甚也。 Only when he was driven to the wall did he surrender, yet Taizong treated him generously and preserved him to the end. He once told his close officials, "When Sima Zhao of Jin heard Liu Shan's reply about missing Shu, he mocked him, saying, 'How like something Que Zheng would say'—that was the height of inhumanity.